EP2709754B1 - Matériaux poreux pour extraction en phase solide et chromatographie - Google Patents

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EP2709754B1
EP2709754B1 EP12804908.7A EP12804908A EP2709754B1 EP 2709754 B1 EP2709754 B1 EP 2709754B1 EP 12804908 A EP12804908 A EP 12804908A EP 2709754 B1 EP2709754 B1 EP 2709754B1
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  • Solid phase extraction is a chromatographic technique that is widely used, e.g., for preconcentration and cleanup of analytical samples, for purification of various chemicals, and for removal of toxic or valuable substances from aqueous solutions.
  • SPE is usually performed using a column or cartridge containing an appropriate material or sorbent.
  • SPE procedures have been developed using sorbents that can interact with analytes by hydrophobic, ion-exchange, chelation, sorption, and other mechanisms, to bind and remove the analytes from fluids.
  • US 6,114,466 relates to a material for purification of physiological liquids of organism, wherein said material is composed of a porous hydrophobic divinylbenzene copolymer, to which hydrophilic polymer chains of e.g. N-vinylcaprolactam are grafted by radical polymerization.
  • the invention provides novel porous materials that are useful in chromatographic processes, e.g., solid phase extraction, and that provide a number of advantages. Such advantages include superior wetting characteristics, selective capture of analytes of interest, and non-retention of interfering analytes.
  • the invention advantageously provides novel porous materials having a large percentage of larger pores (i.e. wide pores).
  • the invention advantageously provides novel porous materials that overcome the problems of SPE of biological samples.
  • the invention provides a porous material comprising a copolymer of at least one hydrophobic monomer and at least one hydrophilic monomer, wherein at least one of the hydrophilic monomers is N-vinylcaprolactam and wherein the porous material comprises at least 8 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam.
  • the porous material of the invention comprises a porous particle that comprises said copolymer.
  • the porous material of the invention comprises a porous monolith that comprises said copolymer.
  • the porous material of the invention said hydrophobic monomer is divinylbenzene or styrene.
  • said copolymer of the porous material of the invention is a poly(divinylbenzene-co-N-vinylcaprolactam).
  • the invention also provides solid phase extraction and chromatography materials comprising porous materials of the invention.
  • the invention provides a separation device comprising a porous material of the invention.
  • the invention provides a solid phase extraction cartridge comprising a porous material according to the invention.
  • the invention also provides a method for removing or isolating a component from a mixture.
  • the method comprises contacting the mixture with a chromatographic material comprising the porous material according to the invention, to thereby remove or isolate the component from the mixture.
  • BET surface area describes the specific surface area of a material as determined by standard BET techniques for analysis of gas adsorption-desorption, such as those described in Gregg, S.J. and Sing, K.S.W. (1982) Adsorption, Surface Area and Porosity, p. 303 Academic Press, Lond on; and Lowell, S. and Shields, J.E. (1991) Powder surface area and porosity (3rd edition), p. 245. Chapman and Hall, U.K .
  • the BET surface area is as measured by BET analysis of nitrogen gas adsorption at 77.3K.
  • BJH surface area describes the specific surface area of a material as determined by standard BJH techniques for analysis, such as those described in Barret et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (1951), vol. 73, pp. 373 -380
  • the BJH surface area and pore diameter are determined using a nitrogen gas adsorption desorption isotherm at 77.3K.
  • hydrophilic describes having an affinity for, attracting, adsorbing or absorbing water.
  • hydrophobic describes lacking an affinity for, repelling, or failing to adsorb or absorb water.
  • ion-exchange functional group is intended to include a group where the counter-ion is partially free and can readily be exchanged for other ions of the same sign.
  • mole percent describes the mole fraction, expressed as a percent, of the monomer of interest relative to the total moles of the various (two or more) monomers that comprise the copolymer of the porous material of the invention.
  • monolith is intended to include a porous, three-dimensional material having a continuous interconnected pore structure in a single piece.
  • a monolith is prepared, for example, by casting precursors into a mold of a desired shape.
  • the term monolith is meant to be distinguished from a collection of individual particles packed into a bed formation, in which the end product still comprises individual particles in bed formation.
  • the term "monomer” is intended to include a molecule comprising one or more polymerizable functional groups prior to polymerization, or a repeating unit of a polymer.
  • porous material is intended to include a member of a class of porous crosslinked polymers penetrated by pores through which solutions can diffuse. Pores are regions between densely packed polymer chains.
  • random ordering is intended to include ordering in which individual units are joined randomly.
  • solid phase extraction is intended to include a process employing a solid phase for isolating classes of molecular species from fluid phases such as gases and liquids by, e.g., sorption, ion-exchange, chelation, size exclusion (molecular filtration), affinity or ion pairing mechanisms.
  • sorption describes the ability of a material to take up and hold another material by absorption or adsorption.
  • surface modifiers includes (typically) functional groups which impart a certain chromatographic functionality to the material.
  • surface modified is used herein to describe the composite material of the present invention that possess organic groups which may additionally be substituted or derivatized with a surface modifier.
  • Surface modifiers include (typically) organic functional groups that impart a certain chromatographic functionality to the material.
  • surface functionalized is used herein to describe the composite material of the present invention that possess ion-exchange functional groups that impart a certain chromatographic functionality to the material.
  • BET theory is used to explain the physical adsorption of gas molecules on a solid surface.
  • the theory was developed by Stephen B runauer, Paul Hugh E mmett, and Edward T eller and serves as the basis for an important analysis technique for the measurement of the specific surface area of a material.
  • an inert gas typically nitrogen
  • an inert gas typically nitrogen
  • adsorption isotherm sometimes referred to as BET isotherm, which is mostly measured over porous materials.
  • BET isotherm a so-called adsorption isotherm
  • the use of argon adsorption, carbon dioxide or krypton gas adsorption may be used instead of nitrogen adsorption to accurately probe the micropores.
  • Monolayer formation of gas molecules on the surface is used to determine the specific surface area, while the principle of capillary condensation can be applied to assess the presence of pores, pore volume and pore size distribution.
  • the flow technique uses a detector to obtain information on the amount of adsorbed gas resulting in a specific BET surface area and/or total pore volume.
  • the volumetric technique measures many adsorption and/or desorption points providing a full isotherm with information on BET surface area, pore volume and pore size distribution.
  • Standard BET analysis techniques are well known in the art and can be found, for example, in Gregg, S.J. and Sing, K.S.W. (1982) Adsorption, Surface Area and Porosity, p. 303 Academic Press, Lond on and in Lowell, S. and Shields, J.E. (1991) Powder surface area and porosity (3rd edition), p. 245. Chapman and Hall, U.K .
  • BJH Analysis is used to estimate the volume and area of porous adsorbents available to molecules of various sizes.
  • BJH Analysis is related to the BET and can also be employed to determine pore area and specific pore volume using adsorption and desorption techniques. This technique characterizes pore size distribution independent of external area due to particle size of the sample.
  • BJH Analysis was developed by Elliot B arrett, Leslie J oyner and Paul H alenda.
  • Figure 6 shows representative plots of the BJH surface area vs pore diameter of representative materials of the invention as compared to a standard material as determined using a nitrogen gas desorption isotherm at 77.3K.
  • Figures 6 A-B show graphs of the cumulative BJH surface area vs the pore diameter.
  • Figures 6 C-E show graphs of the BJH surface area vs the pore diameter in which the value of the cumulative BJH surface area at the higher pore diameter is subtracted from the value at the next lowest pore diameter.
  • the associated BJH surface area in Figures 6 C-E is not a cumulative surface area, but rather, a representation of the overall surface area associated with or contributed by a given pore diameter across the range of the subtraction.
  • the value shown at 900 in the Fig 6 C-E graphs is representative of the BJH surface area associated with the 900 to 950 ⁇ pores.
  • the percentage of the BJH surface area contributed by pores greater than 200 ⁇ can be calculated by dividing the cumulative BJH surface from 200 ⁇ to 2000 ⁇ by the cumulative BJH surface area from the lowest pore diameter recorded ( e.g. 17 ⁇ ) to 2000 ⁇ - which represents the total BET surface area of the material - and multiplying by 100.
  • the invention provides a porous material comprising a copolymer of a least one hydrophobic monomer and at least one hydrophilic monomer, wherein at least one of the hydrophilic monomers is N-vinylcaprolactam and wherein the porous material comprises at least 8 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam.
  • more than 10% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ .
  • more than 12.5%, such as more than 15% or more than 17.5 % of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ .
  • more than 10% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ . In certain embodiments, more than 12.5%, such as more than 15% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • more than 12.5% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ and more than 10% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • more than 15% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ and more than 10% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • more than 17.5% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ and more than 10% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • more than 15% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ and more than 12.5% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • more than 17.5% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ and more than 12.5% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • more than 17.5% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 200 ⁇ and more than 15% of the BJH surface area of the porous material is contributed by pores that have a diameter greater than or equal to 300 ⁇ .
  • the BJH surface area of the porous materials of the invention as described herein is measured by BJH analysis of nitrogen gas adsorption at 77.3K.
  • the porous material has a median pore diameter of about 100 ⁇ to about 1000 ⁇ .
  • Median pore diameter is measured, according to the invention, by inverse size exclusion chromatography (I-SEC).
  • the material has a median pore diameter of about 200 ⁇ to about 800 ⁇ ; about 300 ⁇ to about 550 ⁇ ; about 100 ⁇ ; about 200 ⁇ ; about 300 ⁇ ; about 400 ⁇ ; about 425; about 450 ⁇ ; about 475 ⁇ ; about 500 ⁇ ; about 525 ⁇ ; about 550 ⁇ ; about 575 ⁇ ; about 600 ⁇ ; about 700 ⁇ ; or about 800 ⁇ .
  • the porous material has a nitrogen content from about 0.5%N to about 20%N; from about 1%N to about 10%N; from about 1%N to about 5%N; from about 1%N to about 4%N; about 1%N; about 1.5%N; about 2%N; about 2.5%N; about 3%N; about 3.5%N; about 4%N; about 4.5%N; about 5%N; about 5.5%N; about 6%N; about 6.5%N; about 7%N; about 7.5%N; about 8%N; about 8.5%N; about 9%N; about 9.5%N; about 10%N; about 10.5%N; about 11%N; about 11.5%N; about 12%N; about 12.5%N; about 13%N; about 13.5%N; about 14%N; about 14.5%N; or about 15%N.
  • the porous material of the invention has both a median pore diameter of about 100 ⁇ to about 1000 ⁇ ; about 200 ⁇ to about 900 ⁇ ; about 300 ⁇ to about 800 ⁇ ; or about 300 ⁇ to about 550 ⁇ ; and a nitrogen content from about 0.5%N to about 20%N; from about 1%N to about 10%N; from about 1%N to about 5%N; from about 1%N to about 4%N; about 1%N; about 1.5%N; about 2%N; about 2.5%N; about 3%N; about 3.5%N; about 4%N; about 4.5%N; about 5%N; about 5.5%N; about 6%N; about 6.5%N; about 7%N; about 7.5%N; about 8%N; about 8.5%N; about 9%N; about 9.5%N; about 10%N; about 10.5%N; about 11%N; about 11.5%N; about 12%N; about 12.5%N; about 13%N; about 13.5%N; about 14%N; about 14.5%N; or about 15%N.
  • the porous material has an oxygen content from about 1%O to about 20%O; from about 1%O to about 10%O; from about 1%O to about 5%O; from about 1%O to about 4%O; about 1%O; about 2%O; about 3%O; about 4%O; about 5%O; about 6%O; about 7%O; about 8%O; about 9%O; about 10%O; about 11%O; about 12%0; about 13%0; about 14%0; or about 15%0.
  • the porous material has a sulfur content from about 1%S to about 20%S; from about 1%S to about 10%S; from about 1%S to about 5%S; from about 1%S to about 4%S; about 1%S; about 2%S; about 3%S; about 4%S; about 5%S; about 6%S; about 7%S; about 8%S; about 9%S; about 10%S; about 11%S; about 12%S; about 13%S; about 14%S; or about 15%S.
  • the porous material has a phosphorous content from about 1%P to about 20%P; from about 1%P to about 10%P; from about 1%P to about 5%P; from about 1%P to about 4%P; about 1%P; about 2%P; about 3%P; about 4%P; about 5%P; about 6%P; about 7%P; about 8%P; about 9%P; about 10%P; about 11%P; about 12%P; about 13%P; about 14%P; or about 15%P.
  • the porous material has a specific surface area in the range from about 50 to about 850 square meters per gram and pores having a diameter ranging from about 50 ⁇ to 1000 ⁇ .
  • the porous materials of the invention take the form of porous particles, e.g., beads, pellets, or any other form desirable for use.
  • the porous particles can have, e.g., a spherical shape, a regular shape or an irregular shape.
  • the particles are beads having a diameter in the range from about 3 to about 500 ⁇ m, from about 10 to about 300 ⁇ m, or from about 20 to about 200 ⁇ m.
  • the particles are beads having a diameter in the range from about 3 to about 30 ⁇ m, from about 5 to about 20 ⁇ m, or from about 10 to about 15 ⁇ m.
  • the porous materials of the invention take the form of porous monoliths.
  • the monoliths have the following characteristics: surface area ranging from about 50 to about 800 m 2 /g, more particularly about 300 to about 700 m 2 /g; pore volume ranging from about 0.2 to about 2.5 cm 3 /g, more particularly about 0.4 to about 2.0 cm 3 /g, still more particularly about 0.6 to about 1.4 cm 3 /g; and pore diameter ranging from about 20 to about 500 ⁇ , more particularly about 50 to 300 ⁇ , still more particularly about 80 to about 150 ⁇ .
  • the porous materials of the invention comprise a copolymer comprising a least one hydrophobic monomer and at least one hydrophilic monomer, wherein at least one of the hydrophilic monomers is N-vinylcaprolactam and wherein the porous material comprises at least 8 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam.
  • the copolymer of the invention is non-sulfonated. In certain other embodiments, the copolymer is sulfonated.
  • the hydrophobic monomer comprises an aromatic carbocyclic group, e.g., a phenyl group or a phenylene group, or a straight chain C 2 -C 18 -alkyl group or a branched chain C 2 -C 18 -alkyl group.
  • the hydrophobic monomer can be, e.g., styrene or divinylbenzene.
  • a preferred copolymer is a poly(divinylbenzene-co-N-vinylcaprolactam).
  • the hydrophobic monomer is divinylbenzene or styrene
  • the hydrophilic monomer is N-vinylcaprolactam
  • the copolymer is a poly(divinylbenzene-co-N-vinylcaprolactam).
  • the porous material comprises at least about 15 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam.
  • the porous material comprises from about 5 to about 35 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam; from about 7 to about 33 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam; from about 9 to about 32 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam; from about 10 to about 30 mole percent N-vinylcaprolactam; from about 15 to about 30 mole percent N- vinylcaprolactam; from about 17.3 to about 29.6 mole percent N- vinylcaprolactam.
  • the hydrophobic monomer is further substituted by at least one haloalkyl group.
  • At least one of the hydrophilic monomers is N-vinylcaprolactam.
  • the hydrophilic monomer is further substituted by at least one haloalkyl group.
  • the hydrophilic monomer comprises one or more sulfur, phosphorous, nitrogen and/or oxygen atoms.
  • porous materials in either porous particle or monolith form, are advantageously used for solid phase extraction or chromatography.
  • the porous material comprises at least one porous particle, and more preferably a plurality of porous particles.
  • the porous material comprises the copolymer poly(divinylbenzene-co-N-vinylcaprolactam).
  • the poly(divinylbenzene-co-N- vinylcaprolactam) has ion-exchange functional moieties present at a concentration of about 0.01 to about 10.0 milliequivalents per gram of porous material; about 0.01 to about 5.0 milliequivalents per gram of porous material; about 0.01 to about 3.0 milliequivalents per gram of porous material; or about 0.01 to about 1.0 milliequivalents per gram of porous material.
  • porous materials in either porous particle or monolith form, may be functionalized to provide an ion-exchange functional moiety.
  • the ion-exchange functional moiety can be formed by formation of an amine functionality on materials of the invention after cholomethylation as in the methods described in U.S. Patent No. 7,731,844 .
  • an amine functionality can be formed by direct reaction with a neat amine.
  • the ion-exchange functional moiety can be formed from a substituted acyclic amine or a substituted cyclic amine.
  • the substitution can be at any of the ring atoms, including heteroatoms.
  • the ion-exchange functional moiety is a substituted cyclic secondary amine, e.g., N-methyldiazinane and 4-methylpiperidine.
  • the aforesaid amines are advantageously substituted by an electron withdrawing group.
  • the electron withdrawing group is selected from the group consisting of halogens, aromatic groups, unsaturated groups, ethers, thioethers, nitriles, nitro groups, esters, amides, carbamates, ureas, carbonates, sulfonamides, sulfones, sulfoxides and heteroatoms, e.g., N, O and S.
  • the electron withdrawing group is a halogen, an ether, or an aromatic group.
  • the electron withdrawing group of the amine has the effect of lowering the average pK a of the conjugate acid of the amine as compared to the conjugate acid of the amine without the electron withdrawing group.
  • the pK a ranges from about 5 to about 7.
  • the acyclic amine substituted with an electron withdrawing group includes benzylamine, N-methylbenzylamine, N-ethylbenzylamine, N-propylbenzylamine, N-butylbenzylamine, N-pentylbenzylamine, N-hexylbenzylamine, N-heptylbenzylamine, N-octylbenzylamine, N-nonylbenzylamine, N-decylbenzylamine, N-undecylbenzylamine, N-dodecylbenzylamine, N-tridecylbenzylamine, N-tetradecylbenzylamine, N-pentadecylbenzylamine, N-hexadecylbenzylamine, N-heptadecylbenzylamine, N-octadecylbenzylamine, dibenzylamine, aniline, N-methylaniline,
  • the acyclic amine substituted with an electron withdrawing group is benzylamine, N-methylbenzylamine, or phenethylamine. In a preferred embodiment, the acyclic amine substituted with an electron withdrawing group is N-methylbenzylamine.
  • cyclic secondary amines substituted with an electron withdrawing group include oxazetane, oxazolane, oxazinane, oxazepane, oxazocane, oxazonane, oxazecane, thiazetane, thiazolane, thiazinane, thiazepane, thiazocane, thiazonane, and thiazecane.
  • the cyclic secondary amine is 1,4-oxazinane.
  • the electron withdrawing group is a second heteroatom that has substituted for a carbon atom in the ring.
  • the ring carbon adjacent to the nitrogen atom in azetidine is substituted by an oxygen to yield oxazetane, an amine encompassed by the term "cyclic secondary amine substituted with an electron withdrawing group”.
  • an ion-exchange functional moiety can be formed by reaction of the materials of the invention with hydrogen peroxide.
  • surface functionalization can be attained on the materials of the invention by the methods described in U.S. Patent No. 7,232,520 and U.S. Patent No. 7,731,844 .
  • the materials of the invention may be surface modified by coating with a polymer.
  • the materials of the invention may be surface modified by a combination of organic group modification and coating with a polymer.
  • the organic group comprises a chiral moiety.
  • the materials of the invention may be surface modified via formation of an organic covalent bond between an organic group on the material and the modifying reagent.
  • the porous materials of the invention comprise a porous or non-porous core, including, but not limited to an inorganic core, an organic core or a hybrid core onto which a copolymer comprising a least one hydrophobic monomer and at least one hydrophilic monomer is grafted.
  • the porous materials of the invention comprise a polymeric, porous core made from at least one hydrophobic monomer onto which a polymer made from a least one hydrophilic monomer is grafted.
  • the porous materials of the invention comprise a polymeric, porous core made from at least one hydrophilic monomer onto which a polymer made from a least one hydrophobic monomer is grafted.
  • the hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers may be as described herein.
  • the cores may include a silica material; a hybrid inorganic/organic material; a superficially porous material; or a superficially porous particle.
  • porous materials of the invention can be prepared via a number of processes and mechanisms including, but not limited to, chain addition and step condensation processes, radical, anionic, cationic, ring-opening, group transfer, metathesis, and photochemical mechanisms.
  • the copolymer can be prepared via standard synthetic methods known to those skilled in the art, e.g., as described in the examples.
  • porous material may be produced by known methods, such as those methods described in, for example, in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,017,528 ; 6,528,167 ; 6,686,035 ; 7,175,913 ; 7,731,844 and WO 2004/041398 .
  • novel materials of the invention can be used for solid phase extraction and chromatography.
  • the invention also provides a solid phase extraction or chromatography material comprising at least one porous material of the invention, comprising at least one ion-exchange functional group, at least one hydrophilic component and at least one hydrophobic component.
  • the ion-exchange functional groups enable the porous material to interact with anionic, cationic, acidic and/or basic solutes.
  • the hydrophilic polar components enable the porous material to have polar interactions and hydrogen bonding capabilities with solutes.
  • the hydrophobic components enable the porous material to have affinity towards nonpolar solutes through hydrophobic interaction.
  • porous materials of this invention have a combination of various interaction forces towards solutes, they are very useful materials for, e.g., solid phase extraction, ion-exchange, and liquid chromatography applications.
  • these novel porous materials can be used to bind, recover and/or remove solutes from fluids.
  • these novel porous materials have certain chemical affinities or attractions between the materials and certain molecules, particularly biological or biochemical molecules, such as proteins, peptides, hormones, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, vitamins, cofactors, metabolites, lipids and carbohydrates.
  • the materials of the invention may be used to selectively adsorb and isolate certain biomolecules for analysis and or quantification.
  • the invention also provides a method for removing or isolating a component, e.g., a solute, from a mixture.
  • a solution having a solute is contacted with a porous material of the invention under conditions that allow for sorption of the solute to the porous material.
  • the solute can be, e.g., any molecule having a hydrophobic, hydrophilic, or ionic interaction or a combination of two or three of these interactions.
  • the solute is an organic compound of polarity suitable for adsorption onto the porous material.
  • solutes include, e.g., drugs, pesticides, herbicides, toxins and environmental pollutants, e.g., resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels or other industrial activity, such as metal-organic compounds comprising a heavy metal such mercury, lead or cadmium.
  • the solutes can also be metabolites or degradation products of the foregoing materials.
  • Solutes also include, e.g., biomolecules, such as proteins, peptides, hormones, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, vitamins, cofactors, metabolites, lipids and carbohydrates. Solutes also include, e.g., modified proteins, modified oligonucleotides, single-stranded oligonucleotides, double-stranded oligonucleotides, DNA, and RNA.
  • biomolecules such as proteins, peptides, hormones, oligonucleotides, polynucleotides, vitamins, cofactors, metabolites, lipids and carbohydrates.
  • Solutes also include, e.g., modified proteins, modified oligonucleotides, single-stranded oligonucleotides, double-stranded oligonucleotides, DNA, and RNA.
  • the solution e.g., can comprise water, an aqueous solution, or a mixture of water or an aqueous solution and a water-miscible polar organic solvent, e.g., methanol, ethanol, N,N-dimethylformamide, dimethylsulfoxide or acetonitrile.
  • the solution is an acidic, basic or neutral aqueous, i.e., between about 0% and about 99% water by volume, solution. Specific examples are provided in the experimentals.
  • the solution comprising the solute can, optionally, further contain one or more additional solutes.
  • the solution is an aqueous solution which includes a complex variety of solutes.
  • Solutions of this type include, e.g., blood, plasma, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid and other biological fluids, including, e.g., extracts of tissues, such as liver tissue, muscle tissue, brain tissue or heart tissue.
  • extracts can be, e.g., aqueous extracts or organic extracts which have been dried and subsequently reconstituted in water or in a water/organic mixture.
  • Solutions also include, e.g., ground water, surface water, drinking water or an aqueous or organic extract of an environmental sample, such as a soil sample.
  • solutions include a food substance, such as a fruit or vegetable juice or milk or an aqueous or aqueous/organic extract of a food substance, such as fruit, vegetable, cereal or meat.
  • a food substance such as a fruit or vegetable juice or milk
  • an aqueous or aqueous/organic extract of a food substance such as fruit, vegetable, cereal or meat.
  • Other solutions include, e.g., natural products extractions from plants and broths.
  • the solution can be contacted with the porous material in any fashion which allows sorption of the solute to the porous material, such as a batch or chromatographic process.
  • the solution can be forced through a porous polymer column, disk or plug, or the solution can be stirred with the porous material, such as in a batch-stirred reactor.
  • the solution can also be added to a porous material-containing well of a microtiter plate.
  • the porous material can take the form of a monolith or particle, e.g., beads or pellets.
  • the solution is contacted with the porous material for a time period sufficient for the solute of interest to substantially sorb onto the porous material. This period is typically the time necessary for the solute to equilibrate between the porous material surface and the solution.
  • the sorption or partition of the solute onto the porous material can be partial or complete.
  • the porous material of the invention can also be used in a method for analytically determining the level of solute in a solution.
  • a solution having a solute is contacted with a porous material of the invention under conditions so as to allow sorption of the solute to the porous material.
  • the material comprises at least one ion-exchange functional group, at least one hydrophilic polar component and at least one hydrophobic component.
  • the porous material having the sorbed solute is washed with a solvent under conditions so as to desorb the solute from the porous material.
  • the level of the desorbed solute present in the solvent after the washing is analytically determined.
  • the solution contacted with the porous material can comprise the solute of interest in dilute form, e.g., at a concentration too low for accurate quantitation.
  • a solution which includes the solute of interest can be prepared having a substantially higher concentration of the solute of interest than that of the original solution.
  • the method can also result in solvent exchange, that is, the solute is removed from a first solvent and re-dissolved in a second solvent.
  • Solvents which are suitable for desorbing the solute from the porous material can be, e.g., polar water-miscible organic solvents, such as alcohols, e.g., methanol, ethanol or isopropanol, acetonitrile, acetone, and tetrahydrofuran, or mixtures of water and these solvents.
  • the desorbing solvent can also be, e.g., a nonpolar or moderately polar water-immiscible solvent such as dichloromethane, diethylether, chloroform, or ethylacetate. Mixtures of these solvents are also suitable.
  • Preferred solvents or solvent mixtures must be determined for each individual case. Specific examples are provided in the experimentals.
  • a suitable solvent can be determined by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue experimentation, as is routinely done in chromatographic methods development (see, e.g., McDonald and Bouvier, eds., Solid Phase Extraction Applications Guide and Bibliography, "A Resource for Sample Preparation Methods Development,” 6th edition, Waters, Milford, MA (1995 ); Snyder and Kirkland, Introduction to Modern Liquid Chromatography, New York: J. Wiley and Sons (1974 )).
  • the level of the desorbed solute present in the solvent can be analytically determined by a variety of techniques known to those skilled in the art, e.g., high performance liquid chromatography, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, or immunoassay.
  • the invention also provides separation devices comprising the porous materials of the invention.
  • separation devices include chromatographic columns, cartridges, thin layer chromatographic plates, filtration membranes, sample clean up devices, solid phase organic synthesis supports, and microtiter plates.
  • more than one type of functionalized porous material can be used in the separation devices, e.g., columns, cartridges, and the like.
  • the porous materials of the invention are especially well suited for solid phase extraction.
  • the invention also includes a solid phase extraction cartridge comprising a porous material of the invention packed inside an open-ended container.
  • the porous material is packed as particles within the open-ended container to form a solid phase extraction cartridge.
  • the container can be, e.g., a cylindrical container or column, which is open at both ends so that the solution can enter the container through one end, contact the porous material within the container, and exit the container through the other end.
  • the porous material can be packed within the container as small particles, such as beads having a diameter between about 3 ⁇ m and about 500 ⁇ m; between about 5 ⁇ m and about 200 ⁇ m; or between about 10 ⁇ m and about 50 ⁇ m.
  • the porous particles can be packed in the container enmeshed in a porous membrane.
  • the container can be formed of any material, which is compatible, within the time frame of the solid phase extraction process, with the solutions and solvents to be used in the procedure. Such materials include glass and various plastics, such as high density polyethylene and polypropylene.
  • the container is cylindrical through most of its length and has a narrow tip at one end.
  • One example of such a container is a syringe barrel.
  • the amount of porous material within the container is limited by the container volume and can range from about 0.001 g to about 50 kg, and preferably is between about 0.025 g and about 1 g.
  • the amount of porous material suitable for a given extraction depends upon the amount of solute to be sorbed, the available surface area of the porous material and the strength of the interaction between the solute and the porous material. This amount can be readily determined by one of ordinary skill in the art.
  • the cartridge can be a single use cartridge, which is used for the treatment of a single sample and then discarded, or it can be used to treat multiple samples.
  • N-vinylcaprolactam and NVP were obtained from ISP
  • sodium oleyl sulfate was obtained from ALCOLAC.
  • Diethethylbenzene and 2-ethylhexanol were obtained from ALDRICH.
  • AIBN was obtained from DUPONT.
  • Methocel E-15 and divinylbenzene were purchased from DOW. Inhibitor was removed from DVB prior to use.
  • the %N values were measured by combustion analysis (CE-440 Elemental Analyzer; Morris Analytical Inc., North Chelmsford, MA).
  • the specific surface areas (SSA) and the average pore diameters (APD) of these materials were measured using the multi-point N 2 sorption method (Micromeritics ASAP 2400; Micromeritics Instruments Inc., Norcross, Ga., or equivalent).
  • the specific surface area was calculated using either the BJH method or the BET method, and the average pore diameter was calculated from the desorption leg of the nitrogen isotherm at 77.3K.
  • the BJH SSA was correlated to pore diameter using the nitrogen desorption isotherm from the BJH method.
  • the exclusion volume (Ve) is determined from the intersection of the two linear lines for the external and internal pores in the plot of the logarithm of molecular sizes of PS standards versus their retention volumes.
  • the median pore diameter is defined as the molecular size corresponding to 50% internal pore volume, that is, at the retention volume equal to (Vt + Ve)/2.
  • aqueous phase was prepared by dissolving 5.05 g of Methocel in 1 L of water at 90 °C and allowing the mixture to cool to room temperature.
  • Sodium oleyl sulfate (Sipex OS, ALCOLAC) for reactions requiring it, was added to the aqueous phase when it reached ⁇ 50 °C.
  • the organic phase was prepared by combining the requisite amounts of DVB and either NVP or V-Cap with 1.9 g of AIBN and the requisite amounts of porogens (toluene, diethylbenzene and/or 2-ethylhexanol) in a 3 L, 4-neck kettle equipped with an overhead stirrer and a Thermowatch apparatus. With the overhead mixer turned on low, the aqueous solution was slowly added. At this point, a peristaltic pump (Cole-Parmer MasterFlex Model 7520-00), equipped with an inline static mixer was attached to the kettle via glass tubes (19/24 joints) connected to the inlet and outlet lines of the pump.
  • a peristaltic pump Cold-Parmer MasterFlex Model 7520-00
  • the system was then purged with Ar, the overhead mixer was set to 400 RPM, and the peristaltic pump was set to 6 ( ⁇ 900 mL/min.). After mixing for ⁇ 30 minutes, the droplet size and longevity was checked using a light microscope. The target particle size was 10 - 30 ⁇ m in diameter, with droplets lasting for greater than 30 sec. before collapse. If these conditions were met, the peristaltic pump was allowed to empty into the kettle and then shut off. The solution was heated to 70 °C, allowed to stir overnight ( ⁇ 16 hours), and then cooled to room temperature. The mixture was poured into a 3L glass filter equipped with a 20 ⁇ m cloth, the mother liquor was filtered, and the particles were washed with 3 x 600 mL of methanol. The resulting material was dried in a vacuum oven overnight at 80 °C and then submitted for analysis.
  • Methocel E-15 (Dow Chemical) was dissolved in 1L of water at 90 °C, then cooled to room temperature.
  • V-Cap N-vinylcaprolactam
  • AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile
  • the emulsion droplet size was checked after 30 minutes. Once the desired droplet size range had been reached (by adjusting the rate of flow through the static mixer), the static mixing loop was turned off, and the mixture heated at 70 °C for 16 hours, then cooled to room temperature. The mixture was filtered using a 20 ⁇ m polyester filter cloth, washed 3x with 600 mL of methanol and dried for 16 hours under vacuum at 80 °C. %N - 3.34; SA - 562 m 2 /g, BET APD - 88.5 ⁇ .
  • Methocel E-15 (Dow Chemical) was dissolved in 1L of water at 90 °C, then cooled to room temperature.
  • V-Cap N-vinylcaprolactam
  • AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile
  • the static mixing loop was turned off, and the mixture heated at 70 °C for 16 hours, then cooled to room temperature.
  • the mixture was filtered using a 20 ⁇ m polyester filter cloth, washed 3x with 600 mL of methanol and dried for 16 hours under vacuum at 80 °C. %N - 1.70; SA - 807 m 2 /g, BET APD - 77.0 ⁇ .
  • Methocel E-15 (Dow Chemical) was dissolved in 1L of water at 90 °C. After cooling to 50 °C, 3.24 g of sodium oleyl sulfate (Sipex OS, ALCOLAC) was added, and then the solution was cooled to room temperature.
  • the static mixing loop was turned off, and the mixture heated at 70 °C for 16 hours, then cooled to room temperature.
  • the mixture was filtered using a 20 ⁇ m polyester filter cloth, washed 3x with 600 mL of methanol and dried for 16 hours under vacuum at 80 °C. %N - 2.05; SA - 552 m 2 /g, BET APD - 145.9 ⁇
  • Methocel E-15 (Dow Chemical) was dissolved in 1L of water at 90 °C. After cooling to 50 °C, 3.24 g of sodium oleyl sulfate (Sipex OS, ALCOLAC) was added, and then the solution was cooled to room temperature.
  • the static mixing loop was turned off, and the mixture heated at 70 °C for 16 hours, then cooled to room temperature.
  • the mixture was filtered using a 20 ⁇ m polyester filter cloth, washed 3x with 600 mL of methanol and dried for 16 hours under vacuum at 80 °C. %N - 2.68; SA - 458 m 2 /g, BET APD - 193 ⁇ .
  • Methocel E-15 (Dow Chemical) was dissolved in 12L of water at 90 °C. After cooling to 50 °C, 35.3 g of sodium oleyl sulfate (Sipex OS, ALCOLAC) was added, and then the solution was cooled to room temperature. In a 5 L RBF, divinylbenzene (DVB 80, Dow Chemical), N-vinylcaprolactam (V-Cap, International Specialty Products, Wayne, NJ), and 20.7 g of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN, DuPont) were dissolved in a mixture of diethylbenzene and 2-ethylhexanol.
  • Dow Chemical divinylbenzene
  • V-Cap N-vinylcaprolactam
  • AIBN azobisisobutyronitrile
  • Methocel E-15 (Dow Chemical) was dissolved in 12L of water at 90 °C.
  • 1902 g of divinylbenzene (DVB 80, Dow Chemical) 1137 g of N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP, International Specialty Products, Wayne, NJ), and 20.7 g of azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN, DuPont) were dissolved in a mixture of diethylbenzene and 2-ethylhexanol.
  • the organic and aqueous phases were combined in a 33L glass reactor equipped with baffles, and stirred overhead stirrer at a rate appropriate to achieve an oil droplet size of 20 ⁇ m.
  • Example 8 Use of Wide Pore Material weak anion exchanger for the purification of oligonucleotides in plasma
  • Comparative Material 2 is a representative material from US Patent No. 7,731,844 having a nominal particle size of 30 ⁇ m), according to the following protocol:
  • aqueous and organic solutions are prepared as in Example 5, except that no sodium oleyl sulfate is added to the aqueous phase.
  • the organic and aqueous phases are combined in small glass vials in the same ratio as in Example 5.
  • Each of the vials is then sealed with a stopper, placed vertically in a thermostated oil bath, heated at 70 °C for 16 hours, and cooled to room temperature.

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  1. Un matériau poreux comprenant un copolymère d'un ou plusieurs monomères hydrophobes et d'un ou plusieurs monomères hydrophiles, dans lequel un ou plusieurs des monomères hydrophiles sont un N-vinylcaprolactame et dans lequel le matériau poreux comprend au moins 8 % en moles de N-vinylcaprolactame.
  2. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit matériau a un diamètre de pore moyen compris entre environ 100 Å et environ 1000 Å, dans lequel les dimensions de pore moyennes sont déterminées par chromatographie d'exclusion stérique inverse (I-SEC), dans lequel des polystyrènes (PS) standards sont utilisés avec une phase mobile du tétrahydrofurane ; du toluène est utilisé pour la détermination du volume de pore total (Vt) à partir des pores internes et des pores externes ; la taille moléculaire en angström est calculée en divisant le poids moléculaire du PS standard par 41,4 ; le volume d'exclusion (Ve) est déterminé par l'intersection des deux lignes linéaires des pores internes et externes dans le graphique du logarithme des tailles moléculaires des PS standards par rapport à leurs volumes de rétention ; et le diamètre de pore moyen est défini comme étant la taille moléculaire correspondant à 50 % du volume de pores internes, c'est-à-dire au volume de rétention égal à (Vt + Ve)/2.
  3. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit matériau a un diamètre de pore moyen compris entre environ 300 Å et environ 800 Å, de préférence entre environ 300 Å et environ 550 Å, ou d'environ 300 Å, dans lequel les dimensions de pore moyennes sont déterminées par chromatographie d'exclusion stérique inverse (I-SEC), dans lequel des polystyrènes (PS) standards sont utilisés avec une phase mobile du tétrahydrofurane ; du toluène est utilisé pour la détermination du volume de pore total (Vt) à partir des pores internes et des pores externes ; la taille moléculaire en angström est calculée en divisant le poids moléculaire du PS standard par 41,4 ; le volume d'exclusion (Ve) est déterminé par l'intersection des deux lignes linéaires des pores internes et externes dans le graphique du logarithme des tailles moléculaires des PS standards par rapport à leurs volumes de rétention ; et le diamètre de pore moyen est défini comme étant la taille moléculaire correspondant à 50 % du volume de pores internes, c'est-à-dire au volume de rétention égal à (Vt + Ve)/2.
  4. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel le matériau poreux comprend (i) un particule poreuse qui comprend ledit copolymère ou (ii) un monolithe poreux qui comprend ledit copolymère.
  5. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit monomère hydrophobe est un divinylbenzène ou un styrène.
  6. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la teneur en azote dudit matériau, mesurée par analyse de combustion, est comprise entre environ 1 % N et environ 20 % N.
  7. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 6, dans lequel la teneur en azote dudit matériau, mesurée par analyse de combustion, est comprise entre environ 1 % N et environ 10 % N, de préférence entre environ 1 % N et environ 5 % N, de préférence entre environ 1 % N et environ 4 % N.
  8. Le matériau poreux selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit copolymère est un poly(divinylbenzène-et-N-vinylcaprolactame).
  9. Le matériau poreux selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel ledit copolymère comprend au moins 15 % en moles de N-vinylcaprolactame.
  10. Le matériau poreux selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 8, dans lequel ledit copolymère comprend entre 5 et 35 % en moles de N-vinylcaprolactame.
  11. Un matériau d'extraction en phase solide ou de chromatographie comprenant un ou plusieurs matériau poreux selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10.
  12. Un procédé permettant de retirer ou d'isoler un composant d'un mélange, consistant à :
    mettre en contact le mélange avec un matériau chromatographique comprenant le matériau poreux selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, afin d'ainsi retirer ou isoler le composant du mélange.
  13. Le procédé selon la revendication 12, dans lequel le matériau poreux est un copolymère de poly(divinylbenzène-et-N-vinylcaprolactame).
  14. Le procédé selon la revendication 12, dans lequel le composant est un matériau biologique, de préférence sélectionné dans le groupe constitué de (i) une protéine intacte, une protéine dénaturée, une protéine modifiée, un oligonucléotide, un oligonucléotide modifié, un oligonucléotide simple brin, un oligonucléotide double brin, un ADN, un ARN ou un peptide ; ou (ii) un corps d'inclusion, un fluide biologique, un tissu biologique, une matrice biologique, un échantillon de tissu enrobé ou un surnageant de culture cellulaire.
  15. Un dispositif de séparation comprenant le matériau poreux selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans lequel ledit dispositif est de préférence sélectionné dans le groupe constitué de colonnes chromatographiques, cartouches, plaques chromatographiques sur couche mince, membranes de filtration, dispositifs de nettoyage d'échantillon, supports de synthèse organique en phase solide et plaques de microtitration.
  16. Une cartouche d'extraction en phase solide comprenant le matériau poreux selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans lequel la cartouche comprend de préférence une colonne à extrémité ouverte qui contient le matériau poreux.
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